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Fayanju’s last question in the National Geography Bee was: “Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the president of France and the bishop of Urgel.” Fayanju correctly answered Andorra. Boulerice’s last question on “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?” was to name the city where the Trevi Fountain is located. Boulerice didn’t know the answer. Boulerice lost...
...principal actors in that anachronistic tableau, Andorra's co-Princes, are France's President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel, Joan Marti Alanis. Their co-sovereignty over Andorra dates back to 1278, when their predecessors, the Count de Foix and the Urgel bishop, settled a dispute over who owned the 190 sq. mi. territory by agreeing to rule it in tandem. The Spanish title of co-Prince was handed down in a direct line to the present bishop, while on the French side it passed to the Kings of Navarre, then to Napoleon...
Upsetting the Elders. As usual, the modern-day Charlemagne brought along some controversy in his satchel. The Spaniards, who are the dominant influence in Andorran life, were irked that he had refused to meet his Spanish Co-Prince, the Bishop of Urgel, except at an out-of-the-way church. The bishop remained in Spain. De Gaulle also upset the Andorran elders, who zealously guard their privileges, by urging them to relax the strict rules that deny citizenship to two-thirds of Andorra's 15,000 residents. And he winced visibly when the Andorrans broke into a game...
...Princes, the President of France, has now sent a message complaining that the Council of the Valleys has failed to ratify certain French reforms. We are now waiting to hear what Andorra's other co-Prince has to say." The other co-Prince, the Spanish Bishop of Urgel, whose title goes back as far as Auriol's, said nothing. He had only their spiritual welfare at heart, the bishop told the Andorrans. As the words fly back & forth, Andorra's six-man police force and 200-man army stand by, waiting for the call to arms...
High in the Pyrenees Mountains, a cluster of craggy valleys comprises the semi-independent State of Andorra. A relic of the Middle Ages, the little (191 sq. mi.) country has been under the joint suzerainty of the French Government and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel since 1278, pays them a yearly tribute of about $86 in goats, sheep, cucumbers, other produce. Its 5,500 inhabitants scratch a hard living from the barren, upended land...